Shoe-polishing device.



sum: POLISHING DEVICE.

(Application filed Oct. 4, 1899.\

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES ATENT 'FFICE.

GEORGE B. DUNN, OF \VOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,166, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed. October 4,1899. Serial No. 732,586. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. DUNN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Comm on- 5 wealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Polishing Frame and Foot- Rest, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shoe-polishing devices where the shoe is polished by the friction of astrip of cloth'or other material passing under a frame and over the shoe and drawn alternately upward and downward by the operator; and the objects of my improvement are to provide a means of polishing a shoe with the least amount of effort on the part of the operator, who generally will be the individual using it, to provide a means of imparting a higher degree of polish than can conveniently be done by the use of the shoe-brush, and, finally, to produce a device whereby all parts of the shoe can more easily be reached and finished than by the operation of any similar known device. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated z 5 in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device, exhibiting the shoe'and the polishing-strip. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, not showing the shoe or polishing-strip. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is arear elevation of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same, the dotted lines indicating the raising and lowering of the lid as the box may be opened.

3 5 Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. I

A is a standard which may be, if desired, abox, as shown in the drawings, upon the top of which is glued or fastened a foot-rest B,

49 serving as a rest for the contact of the sole of the shoe. i

O is a rod extending along the sides of the foot-rest and in general conformity to the side lines of the human foot, sufficiently removed from contact with the foot-rest to al low the free use of the polishing-strip. At its rear end it is bent downward, each side passing through eyes 0 c in the lid of the box, and is secured to the body of the box by a 5 cap 0, thereby serving as a hinge to secure the cover to the box. The forward portion of the rod is bent downward and passes ered by the shoe to be polished on they foot- I rest in manner similar to that shown in Fig.

1, then'the polishing-strip, made of any suit able material, preferably of cloth, is passed over the shoe and under the rod, and the ends of the strip being grasped by the operator it is pulled back and forth over the shoe by an alternating Vertical motion of the hands and arms.

It is obvious that. by passing the cloth quickly and closely over the shoe a friction is created that produces a satisfactory cleansing of the shoe and after the application of the shoe-polish in the usual way a high degree of luster. The operator by directing the progress of the polishing-strip by slight pressure forward or back can thoroughly cover the toe, vamp, and shank of the shoe back to the rear portion of the counter or heel and without removing the polishing-strip can cover the shoe to the rear of the heel on one side and by reversing the process can then cover the other side of the rear of the heel.

The box will be useful to contain the polishing-Vstrip and blacking or shoe-polish when not in use.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 

